Collar-fastening device.



S. W. FORD.

COLLAR FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 02c. 24. 1914.

1,167,393. Patented Jan. 11,1916.

sA-MUEL w. roan, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

ootLAR-FA'sTnNIne DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

Application filed December 24, 1914. Serial No. 878,838.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, SAMUEL IV. Form, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at lVashington city, District of Columbia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-FaSteningDevices, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to the art of collar attachments, andparticularly to a new and useful collar tightening and fastening device.

After a collar has been worn for quite a while, it has been observedthat the button holes become considerably elongated, and even though anecktie may be drawn very tight, it has been found the collar would moreor less become loose and uncomfortable, and in some instances detached,and also present an ugly and untidy appearance.

Therefore, as an object of the invention, it is a special aim, toprovide a device consisting of a band, designed to pass about andbetween the inner and outer walls of the collar, and supplied with abuckle, whereby the band may be drawn extremely tight to hold theadjacent end portions of the collar closely together and preventspreading.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means on the lowerportion of the buckle, to cooperate with any suitable or especiallyconstructed collar button shank, to not only prevent the front portionof the band and the buckle from riding upwardly, but also to prevent thebutton hole tabs or portions from detaching from the collar button.

In practical fields the details of construe tion may necessitatealterations falling Within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combinations of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a collar, of whichthe button holes have become elongated, and showing the improved collartightening and fastening device and applied to the collar. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the tightening and fastening device, which comprisesthe band, showing the buckle applied. Flg. 3 is an enlarged detailperspective view of the buckle detached, showing a monogram thereon.Fig. t is an enlarged detail perspective view of a modified form ofbuckle. Flg. 5 is a view showing the preferred form. of fastener using acord instead of a band. Fig. 6 is a rear perspective view of thefastener, shown in Fig. 5.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates the usual typeor construction of collar, which, in this particular instance, has beenworn for quite a while, therefore the button holes 2 of the tabs 3 ofthe collar have become considerably elongated. In this case, the collar,if worn in the usual or old manner, would not set properly and present aneat appearance. To cause the collar to properly set and prevent an uglyand untidy appearance, a suitable band or tape 4: is provided, and oneend of the tape is connected to an improved buckle 5, through which theother end of the tape passes. This buckle 5 consists of a. suitableframe 6 of any contour, to one side of which the tape is connected at 7,as shown. Hingedly connected at 8 to the buckle by means of the eyes 9(which engage the grooves 10 of one side of the buckle frame) is a jaw11, which, in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is constructed as a. plate, but in Fig.I in the form of a skeleton frame 12. In each of the Figs. 1, 2 and 3,the jaw is provided with spurs 13, which, when the jaw is closed,pierces the other end portions 14: (which folds or turns back in betweenthe opposite walls of the collar) of the tape, thereby holding the tapeadjusted tight, to hold the adjacent end parts of the collar in properclosed positions. To prevent the buckle and the connected parts of thetape from riding upwardly, the lower part of the buckle frame isconstructed or formed with an eye or loop 15, which receives andconnects with a special form of shank 16 of the collar button 17 Theouter end portion of the shank, terminates in a preferably downwardlyeX- tending head 18, and owing to the cooperation of the eye or loop andthe collar button, the buckle frame and the tape are prevented fromriding upwardly on the collar. If desired, when the jaw is closed, thecollar button may be rotated, so the head will extend upwardly andprevent the jaw from accidentally opening. The jaw or plate, as

shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 has a finished surface, on which any suitablemonogram 19 may be engraved. However, in Fig. 1 the jaw is of a skeletoncontour which cannot be supplied with a monogram.

In Figs. 5and 6 the buckle or fastening comprises substantially a sheetmetal plate 16, made in the form of a shield. The opposite vertical sideportions of the shield are formed substantially into rolls 1? and 18 Theroll 17 receives one end of a cord 23, which is anchored in the roll l7by pressing the roll tight against the cord, and to insure the cordagainst slipping, the roll is pro vided with indentures 20 extendinginto the cord. However, a portion 21 of the roll 18 is resilient topermit the other portion 22 of the cord (which passes about the collarand in between the opposite walls of the collar) to be forced or pressedinto the 101118. The roll l8 presses with suificient frictional contactagainst the cord to prevent the cord from slipping, thereby holding thecord secure. The part 23 of the cord, however, is turned at right anglesand upwardly, as shown, to further prevent slipping. The lower edgeportion of the shield is provided with an eye 24, similar to the eye ofthe other views, to receive the shank of a suitable collar button in thesame manner, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. A collar tightening and fastening device, comprising a strippassing about a collar and provided with means connecting its ends forfastening and tightening the same adjustably, said means having aconnection with av collar button, to hold the strip in place and preventthe same from riding the collar.

2. A collar tightening and fastening device, comprising a. strip passingabout a collar and having a. fastener adj ustably tightening andfasteningthe strip, said fastener comprising a shield plate havingopposite side rolls, one roll being adjustably and de tachably connectedto one end of the strip, the other roll being permanently attached tosaid strip, said shield plate having an eye to engage the shank ofv acollar button.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GARFIELD'A. STREET, P111111? A. H. TERRELL.

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